Fighting The System With Old World Tech - You Vill "CONTROL' Nusink And You Vill Be Happy 

58 years old. I still have a 1980 Plymouth Volare with a 360. I keep her running and im happy with it. I use a flip phone and spend cash only. Cash my paycheck at the bank. I save what I can in my piggy bank. No credit cards. I shop at Dollar Tree. I buy fruits from street vendors. I cook my meals... I fix my house myself ... You have to live iff the grid as best as you can..

We live under an “illusion of freedom”

Old guy from England here. When I was at school, a long time ago, we used to get taught things like woodwork and metalwork. Not any more. Because they don't want to teach people the skills to do their own jobs!

The feeling of freedom and independence I felt when I “fixed” my riding lawn mower so I could reverse without pushing a button and stand up without engine shut off was the highlight of my weekend!!!

In 1983 a wise Arab dude told me " your democracy is nothing else then a civilised dictatorship."

"Show me your papers" was as recent as 2020-2023.... how soon we forget.

Hit the nail on the head brother… I paid my house off but… taxes are my rent.

I sat there scratching my head, thinking what is a garage and car channel doing in my feed? One minute in and I found out why. We are both on the same wavelength. (The RU-vid algorithm works frighteningly well.) You are absolutely correct about the ability to be autonomous and control one's own movements being at stake. Thank you so much, my dear, for the down-to-earth reminder. Subscribed. 🧡 ~ Melanie

Years ago in Massachusetts we thought we would lose our freedom to own and drive old cars when the state tried to pass a law that Banned cars that were over 20 years old, thankfully there was so much outrage that the bill didn't pass.

Older cars were designed for the owner to maintain them. Modern vehicles are designed to be disposable appliances. They're not made to be fixed by anyone. It's horrible. I will never buy a car that I can't rebuild myself.

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.

I remember when the TV or radio quit, you opened the back, discharge the capacitors, take the vacuum tubes to the freakin grocery store testing machine, find the failed one and badabing you're up and running.

Tax for selling used items on Ebay!? Tax was already paid when the original buyer got the item!!

A few years back I lost my home in Louisiana when the government raised my property taxes 1,000%, so you are absolutely right. But I beat the system by dropping off the grid, living virtually for free on government owned land in a 25 yr. old motorhome with a huge solar system, allowing me to be electrically independent. As long as I can still afford gas, I'm cool. I pay $80 every 2 years for my registration on both my motorhome and car which is also paid for. But one day they'll say it's too old and won't let me renew them. I have spare everything too - 2 spare ECMs, 2 spare inverters, belts, etc. so I can probably keep them running till then. But I'm 67 yrs old and I'm not going back to points and carbs unless I have no other choice or say I'm restoring an old motorcycle, generator, lawnmower, etc.. And yes, I was a mechanic and gearhead back in the 70's myself - even had my own MC shop and worked in the industry till the mid 90's. I was also a service manager in a Jeep-Eagle dealership too, which is why I won't own one today. Long-term jeep owners know what I'm talking about. Thanks for the thoughts though. I smell what you're stepping in, it's just that everything stinks these days when the government gets involved. I guess we could distill our own alcohol for fuel when gas gets to $100 a gallon, but by then there will probably be laws preventing us from even getting behind the wheel. What are you going to do, shoot every cop that sees you? I doubt we'll even have lead bullets by then, as they will be deemed too dangerous for our own good, you know. What can you do? Sometimes I fantasize of going out in a blaze of glory, when the oppression gets too much to bear, but if they're smart, they will just wait for all of us old farts to die off - it won't be long - and just complete their plans then. They will meet with less resistance when no one is around anymore who still remembers what freedom even is. Socialists play the long game. All they really need to do is wait us out.

Nearly 40 years ago, while I awaited my turn in the barber chair, I picked up one of the many car mags (probably a Motor Trend or Car & Track, not my usual pick-Hot Rod) piled on the table and started to thumb thru it when I stopped on the editor’s page. Let me tell you, he was livid. He’d just found out the auto industry thought it was a good idea for cars and trucks to have tracking capabilities and kill switches as standard equipment. I sensed that the veins in his head and neck were bulging from the way he’d worded his editorial and lemme tell you, he had plenty to say about anyone who wanted to do this or thought it was a good idea. He also didn’t forget to mention Anonymity, Privacy and Freedom. At the time I was a young feller and thought it all sounded too bazaar to ever occur but I’ve never forgotten it… and here we are.

Up until a few years ago, you needed a $500 scanner to do all repairs on cars. Now it takes a $4,000 scanner. You cannot even get a key to work without a $4,000 scanner. A key used to be $2 and you didn't need the scanner. Next will be the scanners will not work and the dealers will use wifi to access the car's computers.

I served in the army during the cold war, and I patrolled the iron curtain for 3 years. I got to see what totalitarian government really looked like. I wont tell any tales, but I can advise the young people in this country to listen to what Tony is saying. Freedom is a hard won thing, and the attacks on it are relentless. So appreciate the freedoms that you have and cherish them, because they didnt come cheap.

THIS VIDEO SHOULD BE REQUIRED WATCHING IN ALL AMERICAN SCHOOL EVERY SINGLE YEAR AT EVERY GRADE LEVEL FROM PRESCHOOL TO COLLEGE !

Its scary because they even take "ownership" of your children. Whenever you have a baby, whats the first thing they "make" you do? Sign a birth "certificate". Its not so much a birth certificate as it is a document where once you sign it, your child becomes property of the state. This is why children services exist and if you are tagged as an "unfit" parent, they can come and take your children "legally". You dont have to sign the birth certificate, but, if you dont, your child cannot be a u.s. citizen and wont get a social security number and wont be allowed to go to school, or become employeed anywhere in the country, "legally". This world is f*cked. I am sure of one thing they can't ever take from me or own, my soul.

This video is a breathe of fresh air. Tony gets it. I'm in my mid 30s and I understood this world is upside down for many years.

I was born in 71 and i have a hard time not shaking my head at the things i see these days,i miss the 80s

I’m almost 50. I have seen this loss of freedom as a slow relentless process through the years. It has accelerated and is no longer a slow progression. It is noticeable daily.

Learned this when a comptroller told my business partner you don't own your business. The state of Texas owns your business, we allow you to operate, and we decide how much money you get to keep.

This was the best video I have ever seen in my life. I wish every American will watch this video

George Carlin said it best. You have no rights, just privileges.

You didn't lose me at the end. Born 1957, just an old woman now. I've notice the subtle changes/restrictions for a long time. It's very annoying when I can't even roll a window down in my car. Friends and family roll their eyes, think I have "issues". I was getting it, saw where all this was leading. Thank you.

I’m a chick and this video popped into my feed randomly. But I’m about this deep subject matter and this was an enlightening perspective. Great video!

I was 15 (1977) Lake Worth, Fla, on my bike, 22 rifle on my shoulder (unloaded, action locked open) heading home from my shootin' spot, policeman stops me and he "asked" (never got out of his cruiser) to see my gun, I handed it (butt first), he asks me who, what, why, where and when, I answered, and he gave the gun back, and I rode home. "FREEDOM"

I was in vocational school in 1984. Trained in diesel and heavy equipment mechanics. I had a great automotive electrical teacher Sam Hansen. He said that some day you will no longer step on a throttle and control the engine, you will be stepping on a rheostat and everything will be controlled by a computer.

How refreshing, a professional car mechanic, speaking professionally about how the real current financial system operates!

Born in 1952. You hit the nail on the head. Just bought a 71 and 73 F100’s. My favorite vehicles in the driveway. Looking for more all the time!

This was FABULOUS. Thanks so much! I was in my late teens during the early 70's. When "stuff" started happening, for whatever reason, I thought "We've had too much freedom. 'They're' taking that away now." I'm now retired and thinking of building an engine powered tricycle (usable in bike lanes). I also had a high school Economics teacher who exposed the reality of "home ownership".

I got 10 years on you. You're absolutely right. I was told by a Millennial that we Boomers need to get over our "obsession with privacy" ( his words) . He said privacy as we understand it is dead and we need to adjust. I feel heartbroken for him.

Been a tech for 20 years now. Driving a car with no throttle cable is a major buzz kill. The systems that are being pumped out currently are so vulnerable, its unreal

SO TRUE - thank you for having the courage to state it! I was told by a woman whose ex was in the Navy, and she said 20 years ago - there is no escaping what is coming. People will obey the government blindly - or face the consequence. I thought she was just a bitter woman, but now I am starting to see what she said 20 years ago as our current reality.

Frank Herbert said it best in his book Dune. "He who controls a thing owns that thing."

There must be whole generations of people who have no idea what you are holding in that thumbnail.

Tony WE THE PEOPLE have allowed this and WE CAN ALSO fix it all .We need to stop and push back but we ALL need to do it. To fix it!

Tony, you are correct. Thank you for speaking out. You are not alone. Many men are aware.

I grew dope for the same reason, only realized how perfectly pure and simple and free that whole market was. It's also proof that no one is in charge. Why? Because they all thought they were gonna get rich from something whose value was derived from the very fact that it was illegal. The very fact that all the States thought it was going to bail them out of the financial mess they were in shows you that there isn't some master plan. We're just winging it. Kinda reminds me of a buddy I had. He was an ER Doctor, turned rock climbing bum. And I said to him as we were hanging off the side of a cliff, "hey this is cool that you're an ER Dr, you know, if something happened out here" and he said, I couldn't really do much without the ER

You didn't lose me, Tony. I was born January 63. I'm completely with you.

I'm born in 88 so I'm 35 and I'm completely with you here. I think most of society is of a similar mind. We are all against totalitarianism, restriction of freedom, choices, ability to self sustain our vehicles. The over electrification of cars with hundreds/thousands of modules. Against losing our personal autonomy. I want cars to lose plastic and the flood of unnecessary electronics. I'm fine with electronic injection and spark. But im sick of every metal part tirning into cheap plastic with low quality replacements, plastic pipes instead of metal and rubber and every inch of the vehicle having multiple modules.

Thank God you talked about this. Very few people realize how bad things really are

In the 60's, my first mechanical guru adjusted timing and valve lash by listening to the valves with a wooden yardstick and a timing light. Ah, those were the days.

4:50 Us Canadians learned this the hard way by watching our government freeze peoples financials because they honked too many times.

I'm a few years older than Tony, born in 1959. The late 60's, 70's, and 80's were so different from today. I can't really articulate the difference other than to say there was much more freedom to be left alone from whatever you wanted to be left alone about.

“ it’s a big club and you ain’t in it!” Wake them up brother, it’s no longer a whisper heard but a roar of awakening word wide.

Well said Uncle Tony! I agree with your premise totally. We The People have been asleep at the wheel for too long.

I was born in 97 and I was always into cars as I got older and started wrenching I always saw that my ability to understand the mechanical was growing but the computers where out pacing even my zoomer computer abilities. I switched out a 2015 mustang for a 72 beetle. Now I’m getting rid of most modern tech. I tired of screens and throwing away something cause they don’t make it serviceable anymore. It’s time for me to take back control.

Ive had little success convincing people of this. People are too physically lazy and intellectually lazy. Theyll go out in the first round.

The biggest reason for keeping old time vehicles is the threat of EMP from nuclear weapons. I'm a 73 year old Chrysler trained engineer, the train of thought among like minded engineers and students of this phenomena believe the only thing that will run will be old time cars with points ,generators ,and a carburetor. Some older style diesels will also run, that's why I agree with his dissertation!

After only owning new cars I went out and bought a 1978 dodge d100 as my daily driver and I've never been happier. Learned so much and I feel like I can keep this thing running forever

I'm 77. You are quite correct. So much has changed for the worst.

I just found your channel and I so very much agree with you. Boomer here too. I have more appreciation for people in my family holding on to our old ways of working on cars as a real freedom. Another way of getting red-pilled. Thank You. I think the recent SCOTUS decisions shows they are trying to push back on this era of over-regulation.

I''m a boomer also, from 1958, and I also grew up around mechanical stuff. My father had a heat treatments factory. Before I worked for him, I worked for a lathe guy. Anyways, I was also familiar with electronics. I grew up with gas tubes, and the transistor revolution (germanium at first, I remember the Japanese PNP 2SB56 was my favorite, for no particular reason). After I moved to North America, I worked in electronics, first in drafting; and, without ever going to university, gradually worked my way up to electronics design engineer, and embedded systems programmer. Eventually I became the head of Engineering. I'm retired now, and learning AI, plus taking a course in Accounting, in my plentiful free time. From my perspective, I don't see the evolution to electronic ignition as a conspiracy to make self-repair impossible. Technically, if you are willing to acquire knowledge and skills in electronics you could conceivably take that electronic ignition system apart, read the firmware (defeat code protection, if necessary, there's always ways...), study it, and achieve full understanding of its inner works; and I'm sure you'd even find ways to improve it. It just needs a different set of skills to do so; that's all. But don't take it as me being a conspiracy skeptic; by all means, I'm a believer! Just not this conspiracy, in particular. Getting the timing of sparkplugs exactly right for maximum efficiency is a very complicated math formula that takes many things into account. It is impossible to obtain such timing with a mechanical device. Sure you advance or delay timing by motor speed, with a centrifugal mechanism, and maybe add some adjustment for engine block temperature; but these will be linear approximations for a couple of parameters; nowhere nearly the full timing optimization math model. But you know this already. What maybe you don't know, with regards to proprietary stuff, is that automakers are actually the VICTIMS of all the proprietariness of all those electronic controllers. The ones that hold the copyright on the hardware AND specially the software, are the vendors that serve the automakers. The automakers themselves don't have a single EE or programmer in their staff. All the design of such electronics is farmed out to various design houses, who use the proprietary weapon to enslave their clients. Listen to Jim Farley talking about the differences between Ford and Tesla. He was saying, in an interview, that during the supply chain disruption that followed the onset of the epidemic, Ford could not get their vendors to change the designs in less than months, for any required change, no matter how trivial; whereas Tesla, who do electronics and software in-house, could change the design AND the code for a board to target a more available micro-controller, and do it all in just days. Farley was also talking about what it would take to make over the air updates happen for Ford, saying that in every car they have dozens of controller boards designed by different vendors, that are neither reprogrammable, nor do they talk to each other; so they'd have to modify all of those designs to speak a common protocol and have a way to re-program themselves (like bios-upgrade). HUGE endeavor. But so, all this to say, it's not like Jim Farley and Mary Barra are laughing evil laughs thinking about how much of our freedom they are taking away from us; they are victims of their suppliers, who in turn have all these copyright, patents, protections and obfuscations in order to lock their clients into total slavery and dependency. It is awful, but it has nothing to do with you and I. EDIT: And maybe I will make a bit of history next year, as I am planning to start my own business in embedded systems design for OEM's, and my main selling proposition will be to give the client full ownership of their product, full source code, clean, understandable code, documentation, testing set-up, and a year of free maintenance-support; meaning THEY will be in charge of maintenance, but if they have trouble we help them. I think my idea is revolutionary. Anyways, it does not mean that the OEM's will open-source their controllers to the public at large ... Actually, now that I think of it, open-source could be made into a possible contract option .... Hmmmm..... EDIT: That we don't own anything is nothing new; we've never owned even our very lives. What does "own" mean, anyways? It's a human concept, an invention; not some objective reality that pre-exists human language and society. In the transition from hunter-gatherers to agriculture, it became necessary to set boundaries and landmarks, to establish where one's field ends and someone else's begins. But even then, there was no guarantee the agreement was going to be honored going forward. Ownership is, and always was, just a word.

I arrived here in the opposite direction: I knew our freedom is being systematically stripped away year by year before I ever got into wrenching. Last year I bought myself a 1982 F250 for work. It has a carbureted 302 and I’m here to learn how to work on it.

"Who controls the foods can control a region; who controls the fuels/ energy can control a continent; who controls money can control the world." - Henry A. Kissinger

My first time watching. 1957 gal here...Brother, you couldn't be more CORRECT ! Thanks, we'll keep watching 👍

Great video! I'm a younger person and I absolutely love hearing wisdom from the older folks. I can't believe how much I don't know. I learned absolutely nothing important in school besides math and the books I read personally on school time. Go easy on the younger generations, we are being set-up for failure and we need help more than we know. Most of us are clueless and we don't know how to ask for help because we don't even know that we need it yet! We grew up in the system and we intuitionally know that everything feels wrong but many of us are so overwhelmed that we don't know where to start or how to help. This is a sick time we live in.

Tony your 100% spot on, I spent 21 years 1974-1995 defending this country I no longer recognize and a government I no longer trust. We've lost so much. Morals and decency are gone. An optimistic future is unlikely. You can't stop "progress" cars will get more complicated. Our TVs are now smarter than we are. As you pointed out we don't own anything. All my cars are paid for and my house, but I really don't own them.

Reminds me of what Gonzalo Lira said: "It doesn't matter who owns something, it matters who controls it."

Started doing auto repair in 1980. I'm intimately familiar with points and carburetors. They fed me and my family for years.

Awesome talk. Thanks for not making it a left or right thing. Both sides have been working towards this for decades. It's like they have the same goal but take slightly different paths. And you are completely right about showing your papers. 1930s Germany was like that but I guess we're supposed to forget that happened so we can do that here now. I will not "Eat ze bugz."

I was born in 85, and I can remember being more free. The ability to be free is disappearing quickly. 911 really changed a lot in this country.

Uncle Tony is a prophet. We thought he was a car guru, but today he has shown us we really own nothing. The change happened in the 70's. I remember the change. Points and carburetors. All our future of ownership centers around analog cars. Get the parts for a piece of control.

Came here for car advice and left with an off grid homestead.

I can't recall who said it, but the best way I've heard it described is a license is the device the government uses to sell you access to the right which they restricted so they could sell you the license.

I love the way you think. The masses are awakening. Thank you for your contributions!!!

You are 100% right about the government. The people have slowly relinquished their freedoms and there are not many left, the government will take the rest unless more people speak out and stand up. Great content, more people need to hear it!

You are the only one that has laid this out in simplistic terms that even a rock can understand.

Finally! A channel discussing the application of the real laws of nature that run this universe and everything in it. Thank you!

I do not own any motor vehicle and know nothing about car mechanics but I watched your video with great pleasure and hope! It's so refreshing. And you'll only lose people who've already lost themselves, but you'll gain more courageous folks. Keep it up!

Born in 2003, "show me your papers" is how life has always been for me. The rule always was "If you want to leave the house, you need to have your cellphone on, and on you". Even at 20 years old, I still get punished when the battery runs out on that awful thing. I still live with my parents after all, and do not expect to be moving out any time soon. Everything that I have ever wanted to do has always seemed to be met with "you need a licence" "The HOA has forbidden it", or "we do not have space for that". I sometimes get curious about the origins of rules that seem to exist specifically to get in my way. Mandatory car insurance, for example, $300 monthly is very expensive. It seems that with few exceptions, insurance became mandatory in most states in the 1970s, along with safety and emissions regulations, and fuel shortages. Premiums have apparently risen on average faster than inflation scince it became mandatory, and insurance companies can charge as much as they want. I wonder if state goverments were paid off by insurance companies...

Born in ‘61. I absolutely agree with everything here.👍

You made a whole lot of sense with Points and Carburetor philosophy! We need to be having these kinds of thoughtful conversations as educated citizens, without partisanship. Appreciate the historical context of how freedoms have steadily eroded over the decades. You gained a new subscriber in me :)

Don't forget the weather manipulating criminals and their pyrotechnics

It’s good to hear someone talking sense without having to go to the recesses of the internet where I usually dwell

No school like old school. Like your T shirt, I have a Super Stock mag jacket patch. If you want it it's your's. Just gave my red 64 Barracuda to my niece. Taught her how to set points, gap plugs and rebuild carbs. This car was sitting down in the garage since my wife passed and we used to drive our niece back and forth to shows in her. I just went to your site and dig it. A body all the way, I never throw away parts. I don't have to own it, just use it while I'm here. I had a 1967 4 dr Belvemoose, had a 6 with 3spd I changed to 4 spd. Was great red light to red light. Thanks and keep doing. ANB

People don't use their brains. What you do is extrapolate from what you see and know. Nearly everyone else is brain dead. You did not lose me at all

I'm a 71 year old mechanic and you are so right. I have seen the same thing. That is why the newest car I own is a 2001.

Truth, 69 years young here... and you are speaking truth.

You raised a lot of good points. It is strange how people think that technology will make their lives easier when it actually makes them more helpless and reliant. I retired from my old job and studied horticulture. I now run my own gardening company. My son is a master carpenter and was lucky enough to learn from a master who taught him on the old tools. We look at technology and see how companies make things impossible to mend...how we buy things with inbuilt obsolescence.....when we do this be very careful because the trap is we are buying into our own inbuilt obsolscence. Be the man who can do things...be the man who can stand on your own two feet. That is where freedom lies.

I’m 73 and I got out of the auto repair business when they started with the throw away parts and stopped sell repair parts for some components in the early to mid 70’s

A disgruntled employee at a dealership got arrested when he got hold of some remote kill codes and was able to remotely shut off 26 cars, leaving many of them stranded on highways when their cars suddenly stopped working.

Everybody needs to see the 1988 sci-fi They Live starring Roddy Piper!

Spot on! I was born in 62 as well and do remember all that you speak of. My older brother was the mechanic that I learned about engines. But today after independent studies about such freedoms, or lack there of, specifically when dealing with road (revenue) agents, I have three things to say: 1, I claim common law jurisdiction. 2, I give no consent. 3, I wave none of my rights. Then usually after repeating it several times, slowly, any other questions they have I answer with a question. Until they "let" me go on my way. It's always worked for me so far. We lose most freedoms by signing single signature contracts. Which are either contributions or donations, and are usually about registrations. And to register is signing over ownership. The 14th amendment does not abolish slavery, it actually says there will be no slavery, without consent. Are you a u.s. citizen? If you say yes, you have given consent. Registering to vote does the same. Many layers of consent, Your silence is a big one

I have tried telling people this for years. Thanks Tony I'm glad I'm not alone. I will say about the state that I live in. You can rebuild or build your own car from scratch. It doesn't have to come from a manufacturer.

Cuba is a good example of what you are saying it’s incredible what they do to keep cars going

you're not crazy, you're absolutely sober and 100% correct

You're 100% correct! In the U.K. They try to call us citizen, no we're subjects!That part of USA's 1775 rebellion! They don't just lie they do it straight to your face! Love your talks and insight! Lots of love from Wolverhampton.

I’m 72, grew up with machines and electronics in my hands. You are right on. It’s really is over. “They” have been working on it for more than 100 years. Make your world what you want.

I can always count on Uncle Tony. Not many are awake to the way the world works, but he is! There aren't enough of us so we have to be loud.

Hey, just found this video. I'm in the UK & 10 years older than you. I yearn for the old days of being able to 'fix' things myself. LandRovers were my thing but nowadays the cost of even an old rustbucket is totally out of reach for a man of very limited means. Everything you say totally hits the nail on its head. Thanks.

Totally agree with you. Enjoyed watching this. A lot of people don’t want to accept what is really happening. A lot of people also do not know what the word mortgage means. Mort-death, Gage-paid.

This … THIS is EXACTLY what this luddite was looking for. Thanks Uncle Tony, new subscriber here from STX, USVI.

You are bang on Tony!!!! Most people don't understand what is going on with this world? 😢

In my 50's now, absolute truth being said in this video. Tough for the younger folks to even comprehend it. They have no frame of reference. I have kids late teens early 20's, very difficult for them to understand but they are slowly getting it. Raise them old school and teach them to survive anything. It's all they got left.

As someone who grew up without anyone to shadow working on cars, or engines. But loves preparedness, and freedom, it would be cool to see a list or manual of these engines or configurations, or requirements to convert engines for this. Love this, just discovered your channel. Firm supporter for a free and voluntary society(voluntarism).

Hi just found this channel, i am a woman and grew up around lads with cars, an older man who used to help my friend with carberettas. This old man said the same, thank you ❤

You can’t even fish without a license!